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喫
chīkài HSK1

eat

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 10:22 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 10:22 PM

吃

Variant of 吃.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

說文解字

《說文新附》:“喫,食也。从口,契聲。”

Sources

Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
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